Film mounting device



D. J. ALBERT ETAL FILM MOUNTING DEVICE Nov. 6, 1962 Filed May 22, 1961\QQQDW 233063 H WmH DonaldJIAlbert Edwardvv. Form an INVENTORY By m AmcAGENT United States Patent ()fifice V, 3,052,2ss Patented Nov. 6, 19623,062,268 FILM MOUNTING DEVICE Donald J. Albert, Rochester, and EdwardW. Forman, Palmyra, N.Y., assignors to Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester,N.Y., a corporation of New Jersey Filed May 22, 1961, Ser. No. 111,81912 Claims. (Cl. 156-567) The present invention relates to apparatus formounting a piece of film in a card provided with an aperture and moreparticularly to apparatus which automatically withdraws a piece of filmfrom a stack, locates the film in the card aperture and secures the filmagainst adhesive strips carried by the card.

Apparatus of various types for mounting a piece of film within a cardaperture and in contact with an adhesive frame secured to the card andover the aperture is well known. Such apparatus is very complicated inthat it requires the removal of a cover sheet from the exposed adhesivesurface of the frame within the card aperture as well as an opticalsystem for registering the film with the aperture. Usually, the problemof registry is of extreme importance because the piece of film to bemounted in the card aperture must first be severed from a strip of filmand then moved into and mounted in the card aperture. Since microfilm isnot usually perforated, the advancement of the filmstrip cannot beaccurately controlled. In addition, the spacing between successiveimages on the film is not uniform so it becomes necessary to registereach image with the card aperture before severing it from the strip.

In the present invention, the pieces of film are precut to the requiredsize and stacked in a receptacle arranged over a mounting station. Thecard has a preformed aperture of the required size and shape and twospaced strips of adhesive material are secured to opposite sides of thecard aperture, the portion of the strip within the card aperture beingused to hold the piece of film positioned in the aperture. The card withthe adhesive surfaces facing the receptacle is positioned under thereceptacle and when so positioned initiates a cycle of operation whichincludes movement of a plunger through the aperture in the card and intoengagement with the lowermost piece of film in the stack, applying avacuum to the plunger for. withdrawingthe piece of film from thereceptacle, reversing the movement of the plunger to withdraw the filmand position it in the card aperture .against the strips of adhesivematerial and actuating a set of spaced rollers for engaging the film toroll it into intimate contact with the adhesive strips. The card is thenwithdrawn and the cycle is again initiated by another card. With thisarrangement, the operator is merely concerned with insertion andwithdrawal of the card and no registry of the film with the cardaperture or severing of the film from a strip is required. In this waythe apparatus is simpler in structure and eliminates 'the necessity forcomplicated cutting dies which, as used in the prior art, cut not onlythe film but also the card aperture.

The primary object of the invention is, therefore, to provide a devicefor mounting a piece of film in a card aperture which performs acomplete mounting cycle of operation upon insertion of a card into thedevice.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for mounting apiece of film in a card aperture in which the film is withdrawn from astack by a vacuum plunger and positioned in the aperture.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device formounting a piece of film in a card aperture having at least two spacedadhesive strips extending thereacross andsecured to the card and againstwhich the film is positioned for retention in the aperture.

And yet another object of the invention is to provide a device formounting a piece of film in a card aperture in which the film, afterbeing positioned in the aperture, is rolled into intimate contact withspaced adhesive strips arranged across the card aperture.

These and other objects and advantages will be apparent to those skilledin the art by the following description of an embodiment of theinvention;

Reference is now made to the accompanying drawings wherein likereference numerals and characters designate like parts and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a card showing the spaced adhesive stripsoverlying the card aperture and the piece of film arranged in theaperture and secured to the strips;

FIG. 2 is a vertical section through the card taken substantially alongline 22 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the mounting device showing the relationship ofthe mechanical, hydraulic and electrical components;

FIG. 4 is a partial vertical section taken substantially along the line44 in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a detail sectional view of the plunger for withdrawing a pieceof film from the receptacle; and

FIG. 6 is a schematic wiring diagram showing the inter-relationship ofthe hydraulic and electrical components of the device.

With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, card 10 can be of any desired sizedepending on the intended use of the card. In the present instance, thecard is 3% inches wide and 5 inches long and is provided with anaperture 11 arranged at one end of the card. By means, which forms nopart of the present invention, adhesive strips 12 are secured to thecard and arranged in spaced relationship with respect to the aperture asshown in FIG. 1. It will be noted that the strips overlie a portion ofthe aperture at each end thereof and the piece of film, indicated by thenumeral 13, lies within the aperture 11 and is secured at its ends tothe spaced adhesive strips 12. The pieces of film 13 are precut to thedesired size and shape and are provided at one end with an elongatedslot or aperture 14. The aperture 14 is utilized for handling the filmin various machine processes by means of a file stick which is insertedthrough the aperture to retain a plurality of such pieces of film on thestick for handling as a unit.

With reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, a base plate 20 carrice the structurecomprising the mounting device. This base plate carries a vertical plate21, a second and narrower vertical plate 22, and a plate 23 whichextends between the two first-mentioned plates to tie them together andto provide a support for the receptacle 24. As shown in FIG. 4, thereceptacle 24 is mounted between a set of brackets 25 which are mountedon the horizontal plate 23. The receptacle 24 is pivotally mounted at 26to the brackets 25 and is maintained in a vertical and aligned positionwith respect to mounting station 30 by the adjustable stop 27. Thereceptacle 24 is an openend receptacle which permits the pieces of filmto be loaded from the top and to be withdrawn from the bottom in amanner to be described hereinafter. At the bottom of receptacle 24 anL-shaped member 28 is secured to opposite sides of the receptacle, thehorizontally extending legs thereof forming ledges which extend into thebottom open end of the receptacle for retaining the pieces of film instacked and superimposed relation. The ledges are angled to impart atwist to the piece of film as it is withdrawn by the plunger 40 toseparate this piece from the piece immediately above thereby preventingthe extraction of more than one piece of film due to contact vacuumbetween the pieces of film. Upon movement of the receptacle 24 in acounterclockwise direction about its pivot 26, the mounting station 30is cleared to permit removal of any card which may have become jammedtherein, to permit access to the plunger 40, or to remove the retainerfrom the end of the stick described above to permit withdrawal of thestick after the pieces of film have been loaded into the receptacle 24.

The mounting station 30 comprises a plate 31 having an aperture 32 whichis aligned with the open end at the bottom of receptacle 24. Plate 31 iscarried by the vertical plate 21 and the vertical plate 33. The end ofplate 33 is also secured to the edge of plate 22 as shown in FIG. 3. Thefront edge of plate 29 carries a vertical plate 34 which is secured atone end to the vertical plate 21. At the upper end of plate 34, springguides 35 are mounted to the rear surface of the plate and at the endthereof carry the spaced leaf springs 36. The plate 31 is also providedwith spaced edge guides 37 for guiding the card into proper relationshipwith respect to aperture 32, one of the edge guides 37 being springbiased to hold and position the card against the other edge guide. Theplate 34 is provided with a horizontal slot 38 which is slightly longerthan the width of the card to permit movement of the card through theslot and into engagement with the leaf springs 36 and the edge guides37. These members position the card and hold it against the plate 31 asit is moved inward toward the rear end of plate 31 where the edge of thecard engages the arm of the microswitch S4 for a purpose to be describedhereinafter.

Immediately below aperture 32 in plate 31, a reciprocating plunger 40 isarranged between the blocks 41 and 42 which are carried by the verticalplate 33. The block 41 is secured to plate 33 and is provided with arecess in which the stem 43 of plunger 40 moves. The stem 43 of plunger40 is provided With a vertical hole 44 which meets a horizontal hole 45to connect the head 46 of the plunger to a vacuum port 47 in the block42. The stem 43 also carries a pin 48 which extends through slots 49 inthe side walls of block 41, the slots serving to limit the movement ofplunger 40 in a vertical direction. A rod 50 is also retained betweenblocks 41 and 42 in the same manner as stem 43, the upper end abuttingthe end of stem 43 within said blocks and the lower end being pivotallymounted at 51 to the rocker arm 52. Rod 50 also carries a pin 53 whichextends through the rod and, on each side, pin 53 is connected to pin 48by suitable coil springs 80. Rocker arm 52 is connected to shaft 55 formovement therewith, being journaled in the spaced blocks 56. The otherend of shaft 55 is journaled in plate 21 and between the inner block 56and the inner wall of plate 21, three cams 57, 58, and 59 are secured tosaid shaft for movement therewith. Each of cams 57, 58 and 59 isprovided with a cam surface at the end thereof as shown in FIG. 4. Thesecam surfaces actuate. respectively, the microswitches S5, S6 and S7shown in FIG. 4. The rocker arm 52 is provided with an extension 60which is fixed thereto to form, in effect, a bell crank lever whichrotates or oscillates shaft 55 in a manner to be described.

Between the shaft 55 and the end of rocker arm 52, a bracket 63 isprovided which serves as a mount for a U-shaped arm 64. The U-shaped armis secured to shaft 65 which is rotatably mounted in bracket 63 and theleg 66 of arm 64 engages the pin 53 which is carried by rod 50. Arm 64,because of its shape and the manner in which it is mounted with respectto shaft 65, lies against a stop 67 and at this end carries a flexibleleg 68 at the end of which are rotatably mounted the spaced rollers 69and 70. From the description thus far, it should be evident that asrocker arm 52 moves in a clockwise direction, the rod 50 is movedvertically downward and the pin 53 engages the leg 66 to move the arm 64and the shaft 65 thereby moving rollers 69 and 70 over the mountingstation 30.

The means for actuating the rocker arm 52 and, hence, the plunger 40comprises a vacuum cylinder 75 which is a commercially available item.The piston rod 76, which extends from cylinder 75, is connected at itsend to the extension 66 of rocker arm 52 at 77. As the rod is moved tothe left, the rocker arm 52 will then be moved in a counterclockwisedirection to move the plunger 40 vertically upward and when moved to theright will move the rocker arm 52 in a clockwise direction to move theplunger 40 in a vertically downward direction, as described more fullyhereinafter.

With respect to FIG. 3, a vacuum supply is connected to pipe 89 and thisline is connected to the electrically operated valves L3, L2 and L4respectively, a vacuum switch S11 being in the line between the valve L2and the valve L4. The valve L3 is connected to the bottom and front sideof the vacuum cylinder 75 for controlling the movement of the pistontherein to the right or, in other words, the downward movement ofplunger 40. Valve L2 is connected to the left-hand side of cylinder 75and, hence, controls the movement of rocker arm 52 for moving theplunger 40 in a vertically upward direction. The valve L4 controls theapplication of the vacuum to the plunger 40. The valve L4 is, therefore,connected to the vacuum port 47 in the block 42 by the line and thisvacuum through the holes 45 and 44 provides a vacuum at the head of theplunger 40. As will be described more fully hereinafter, the valves L2,L3 and L4 control the application of the vacuum to the vacuum cylinder75 and the plunger 40 so a complete cycle of operation is obtained. Thiswill be more readily understood when the mechanical structure describedthus far is combined with the wiring diagram shown in FIG. 6.

At the start of a cycle of operation, the various mechanical andelectrical components will be in the positions shown in FIGS. 4-6. Withreference particularly to PEG. 6, the switch S2 is normally closed andthe switch S1 is normally open. To start the device, the switch S1 isclosed and by this action the relay K1 is energized. With theenergization of relay Kl, its contact K1-1 is closed and the relay istherefore held in through the switch S2. At the same time, contact Kl-Zis closed and contact K1-3 is opened thereby providing a reducedvoltage, due to the transformer T, to the indicator lamps D3 and D4 byvirtue of the closing of contact K12 and opening the circuit to D5 andD6 by virtue of the opening of contact K13. With the energization ofrelay K1, its contact K1-4 is also closed and this places the vacuummotor M across the lines to provide the necessary vacuum to the device.

At this point, a card is inserted through the aperture 38 in the plate34 and moved to the left until it engages the arm of switch S4, the cardbeing guided by the edge guides 37 and being held against plate 31 bythe leaf springs 36. The card is inserted with the strips 12 against theplate 31, see FIG. 5, so the exposed adhesive surfaces of the stripsface upward and toward the receptacle 24. With the closure of switch S4by the edge of the card, relay K3 is energized through the closedcontact of relay K4-1. The contact K3-1 is then closed and holds in therelay K3 by virtue of the relay contact K7-1 which is closed. ContactK3-2 is caused to switch so a circuit is completed across the lines toenergize the valve L2 and thereby open the valve. At the same timecontact K3-3 is closed to energize the indicator lights D1 and D2 whichshow the operator that the mounting cycle has commenced. With theenergization of valve L2 the left-hand side of cylinder 75 is connectedto the vacuum supply and the piston therein is therefore caused to moveto the left. When this occurs, the rod 76 moves in the same directionand due to this movement the rocker arm 52 and the shaft 55 are rotatedin a counterclockwise direction. This movement causes rod 50 to be movedvertically upward and since rod 50 is in abutting engagement with theend of stem 43, the plunger 40 is also moved in a vertically upwarddirection until the pin 48 engages the upper extremity of the slots 49.As shaft 55 is rotated by the rocker arm,

the cams 57, 58 and 59 are moved therewith and in the course of theirmovements in either the clockwise or counterclockwise direction, actuatetheir respective switches S5, S6, and S7. At the normal position, thatis, when the plunger 40 is immediately below the card level, as shown inFIGS. 4 and 5, cam 58 has actuated its respective switch S6 to a closedposition and this is the normal position in FIG. 6. As a result, as soonas the plunger 46 is moved in an upward direction, the cam 58 releasesswitch S6 and this switch then assumes an open position, the switches S5and S7 not being actuated on this vertically upward movement. However,once the plunger 46 has moved to its uppermost position in which it isin engagement with the lowermost piece of film in the receptacle 24, thecam 57 then causes the switch S5 to move to its other contact. When thisoccurs, relay K5 is energized by virtue of the closed contact K64 ofrelay K6. With the energization of relay K5, its contact K51 closes tohold this relay in through switch S7, its contact K52 closes to energizethe vacuum valve L4, the contact K5-3 closes to energize relay K4, andthe contact K5-4 closes to hold in the lamps D1 and D2. With theenergization of relay K4, its contact K4-1 transfers and therebyisolates relay K3 from switch S4. At the same time that K5 is energized,relay K7 is also energized, the relay K7 having a time delay whichpermits the contacts of relay K5 to change their state before the relayK7 becomes effective. The delay of relay K7 also permits the plunger 40to be held against the lowermost piece of film as the vacuum is appliedto insure that the piece of film will be withdrawn when the direction ofmovement of the plunger is reversed. With the energization of relay K7,its contact K'7-1 opens which releases the relay K3 and its contact K7-2closes to energize the valve L3. Since L4 was energized with the closureof switch S5, the effect of the vacuum has had an opportunity to causeengagement of the lowermost piece of film before the energization of L3takes efiect to reverse the movement of plunger 40. With thede-energization of relay K3, of course, the valve L2 is de-energized andthe contact K3-3 is open but the indicator lamps D1 and D2 aremaintained in an energized condition due to the closure of the contactK54.

With the application of the vacuum to the right-hand side of cylinder75, the piston is moved to the right thereby causing the rocker arm 52and shaft 55 to be rotated in a clockwise direction. As the plunger 40starts its downward movement and carries the piece of film therewithpast the ends of the L-shaped members 28, the switch S5 returns to itsinitial position due to the movement of its cam 57 and the circuitthrough K7 is then actually maintained through S7 and the contact KS-l.The switch S11 which is located in the line 80 ahead of the valve L4 isa commercially available switch which is actuated by the vacuum. As aresult, when a piece of film is carried by the plunger 40, the switchS11 is actuated and held in an open position. However, if the receptacle24 is empty and the plunger does not pick up a piece of film, the lossof the vacuum will cause the switch S11 to close. In the descriptionthus far it has been assumed that the plunger 40 has picked up a pieceof film and is withdrawing it toward the plate 31 and the card 10 in themounting station and, in this case, the switch S11 will therefore be inan open position. As the plunger passes through the intermediate ornormal position, it will come to rest due to the engagement of the pin48 with the lower extremity of the slots 49 in block 41. At this precisetime, the switch S6 will again be actuated to a closed position but dueto the fact that S11 is open the relay K6 will not be energized. As aresult, the rocker arm 52 and shaft 55 are moved still further in aclockwise direction. At this normal or intermediate position, the pin 53will engage the leg 66 of the arm 64 and, as rod 50 moves verticallydownward, will cause arm 64 to move in a clockwise direction to move therollers 69 and 70 over the edges of the ,film so as to press the filminto intimate contact with the areas of the adhesive strips exposedwithin the aperture 11 of the card 10. Since the movement of the plunger40 is inhibited by the pin 48 engaging the lower end of its slot, thesprings connecting pins 48 and 53 are extended as the rod 50 is moveddownward and the rollers 69 and 70 are moved through the mountingstation. At the extremity of the downward movement of rod 50 by rockerarm 52, the cam 59 actuates the switch S7 to break the circuit throughrelay K5 and energize the relay M1 which is associated with anelectromagnetic counter, not shown. With the de-energization of relayK5,, its contact K51 opens to insure that the relay cannot be held in,the contact K52 opens to de-energize valve L3 and therefore cut off thevacuum to cylinder 75 and stop further movement of rod 59 and thecontact K5-3 in the circuit of relay K4 opens but since K4 is energizedand held in by the card switch S4 and its contact K4-1, the relay K4remains energized until the card is withdrawn from the mounting station.The contact K54 also opens with the de-energization of relay K5 and thelamps D1 and D2 are therefore de-energized to indicate that the mountingcycle has been completed. The operator then withdraws the card from themounting station and when this occurs the switch S4 opens therebytie-energizing relay K4 and returning the circuits to their normalcondition for the start of another cycle by insertion of a card into themounting station 30. When the vacuum is cut ofi' from the cylinder 75 byde-energization of the valve L3, the springs 80 move the rod 50 as wellas the rocker arm 52 into the normal or intermediate position and withthe vertical movement of the rod 50 into abutting relation with the endof stem 43, the U-shaped arm 64 is also returned to its normal positionagainst the stop 67, as shown in FIG. 4.

In the event the cycle of operation has proceeded to the point where aplunger fails to pick up a piece of film, the fact that the film is notover the plunger is detected by the switch S11 which then assumes itsclosed position. As the plunger 40 is moved vertically downward and assumes the normal or intermediate position, the switch S6 is actuated toa closed position by the cam 58 as already described. When this occurs,a circuit is completed through contact K52, switch S6, and switch S11 toenergize relay K6. With the energization of relay K6, its contact K61 isopened thereby de-energizing relay K5 and its contact K62 is closed toenergize relay K2 which is then held in by the closing of its contactK2-1. At the same time the contact K2-2 is closed to provide a circuitthrough the indicator 81 which signifies to the operator that thereceptacle 24 no longer contains any pieces of film. With thede-energization of relay K5, its contact K52 opens to de-energize thevalve L3 thereby preventing any further movement of the plunger 40 andat the same time de-energizing the valve L4 to shut 0E the vacuum to theplunger 40.

With the de-energization of relay K5 by the opening of the contact K6-1,the contact K5-2 is then open and the circuit to relay K6 is also openthereby dropping out this relay, relay K2 being held in by its contactK2-1. Since the contact K51 also reverts to its open position, the relayK7 is also de-energized. As a result, relays K4 and K2 remain energized,K4 because it is held by its contact K4-1 and the card in the mountingstation which holds the switch S4 in its closed position and K2 becauseit is held in by its contact K2-1 for maintaining its contact K2-2closed to maintain lamp 81 energized for indicating no film. In order toinitiate a further cycle of operation therefore, it is necessary for theoperator to withdraw the card from the mounting station, therebypermitting switch S4 to open and de-energize relay K4 so its contactK4-1 returns to its normal position on the side toward relay K3. A stackof film can then be inserted into the receptacle 2.4 and the cardreinserted in the mounting station to then initiate a cycle of operationwhich will be repeated with the insertion of each new card so long asthe receptacle 24 is supplied with pieces of film.

It should be pointed out that the U-shaped arm 64 is designed so thatthe rollers 69 and 70 on the end of the leg 68 are biased toward thefilm as the arm is moved into the mounting station. This is necessary toobtain a roll-down action or pressure on the film to insure intimatecontact of the film with the portions of the adhesive strips within thecard aperture. For this reason the leg 63 is made of a relatively thinand flexible material to permit flexure of this leg as it is moved overand through the mounting station. In the extreme position to the right,the rollers 69 and 70 assume a position just beyond the right-hand edgeof the piece of film in the mounting station. At this point, theposition of the U-shaped arm 64 is such that its center of gravity isstill to the left of the shaft 65, so that upon release of the pin 53from the leg 66 the arm 64 falls toward the stop 67 due to its ownweight and therefore follows the pin 53 upward till it assumes itsnormal or intermediate position in which the upper end of rod 50 abutsthe lower end of stem 43.

The head of plunger 40 can be provided with a rubber pad which issubstantially resilient and yieldable and which is provided with anumber of apertures to provide maximum vacuum effect when engaging thelowermost piece of film in the receptacle 24. A similar plunger head forextracting pieces of film from an open end receptacle is shown anddescribed in US. Patent 2,811,352 issued to W. Bornemann on October 29,1957.

From the foregoing description, it is evident that a device has beenprovided which automatically withdraws a piece of film from an open endreceptacle and positions the piece of film in the aperture of a card.Further, the device is completely automatic in that a complete cycle ofoperation is initiated merely by insertion of the card which is toreceive the piece of film upon insertion into the mounting station.Further, controls are provided to arrest the cycle of operation if nofilm is available in the receptacle for positioning in the cardaperture. The embodiment shown and described relates particularly to acard provided with two spaced strips of adhesive material for retainingthe piece of film in the card aperture. However, the device is alsoapplicable to a card having a frame of adhesive material for retainingthe piece of film and in this particular instance the plunger head wouldhave to be of a size such that it can be moved through the aperture inthe frame for contacting the piece of film in the receptacle 24. Asecond set of rollers would then have to be provided to engage theopposite edges of the film engaged by the rollers 69 and 70 and would,of course, have to be operated in proper timed relationship to theactuation of the rollers 69' and 70. Aside from this difference, thecycle of operation would be exactly the same as described above withrespect to the single set of rollers. In order to increase the tackinessof the adhesive material on the card, a simple heating element can bearranged about the aperture in the plate 31, preferably on theunderside, to heat said plate so the heat is transferred to the adhesivematerial as the card lies in the mounting station 30. By this means, theeflectiveness of the rollers could be materially increased.

Since other modifications and changes in the described embodiment of theinvention could be made by those skilled in the art, it is to beunderstood that the invention is not to be limited to the disclosureshown and described but is of a scope as defined by the appended claims.

Having now particularly described our invention what we desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States and what we claim is:

1. In a device for mounting a piece of film in an aperture provided in acard having an adhesive material exposed within said aperture forretaining said piece of film, the combination comprising a mountingstation provided with an opening aligned with the aperture in said card,when said card is positioned in said station, an open end receptaclearranged over said mounting station and in alignment with said openingfor retaining a stack of pieces of film in superposed relation, meansarranged below said mounting station and movable in one direction topass through said opening and said aperture to engage the lowermostpiece of the film in said receptacle and movable in the other directionto withdraw said piece of film from said receptacle and position it insaid aperture, means actuated by said movable means, upon movement insaid other direction, for movement from an inoperative position to aposition in said mounting station and into contact with the piece ofsaid film in said aperture for urging the piece of film into intimatecontact with said adhesive material, and means responsive to a cardpositioned in said mounting station for initiating movement of saidmovable means.

2. A device in accordance with claim 1 wherein the piece of film iswithdrawn from the receptacle and retained on said movable means bymeans of a vacuum applied to said movable means at the time of movementin said other direction.

3. A device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said movable meansincludes two independent members movable as a unit in the one directionand in the other direction until the piece of film is positioned in theaperture at which time one of said members supports the piece of film insaid aperture and the other member continues movement in the otherdirection for actuating said urging means.

4. A device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said movable meansincludes two aligned and abutting members and resilient means connectingsaid members for movement as a unit in the one direction and in theother direction until the piece of film is positioned in said apertureat which time one of said members supports said piece of film in saidaperture and the other member continues movement in the other directionagainst the action of said resilient means for ctuating said urgingmeans, said resilient means returning said other member in said onedirection independently of said one member and into engagementtherewith.

5. In a device for mounting a piece of film in an aperture provided in acard having an adhesive material exposed within said aperture forretaining said piece of film, the combination comprising a mountingstation provided with an opening aligned with the aperture in said card,when said card is positioned in said station, an openend receptaclearranged over said mounting station and in alignment with said openingfor retaining a stack of pieces of film in superposed relation,reciprocative means arranged below said mounting station and movablefrom a normal position in one direction to pass through said opening andsaid aperture to engage the lowermost piece of film in said receptacleand in the other direction to withdraw the piece of film from saidreceptacle and position it in said aperture, means actuated by saidreciprocative means, upon movement in said other direction and aftersaid piece of film is positioned in said aperture, for movement from aninoperative position to a position in said mounting station and intocontact with the piece of film in said aperture for urging the piece offilm into intimate contact with said adhesive material, vacuum meansoperatively connected to said reciprocative means at the time the pieceof film in said receptacle is engaged thereby, means operativelyconnected to said reciprocative means for moving said reciprocativemeans in said one and said other direction, and means responsive to acard positioned in said mounting station for initiating said movingmeans.

6. In a device for mounting a piece of film in an aperture provided in acard having an adhesive material exposed within said aperture forretaining said piece of film, the combination comprising a mountingstation provided with an opening aligned with the aperture in said card,when said card is positioned in said station, an open-end receptaclearranged over said mounting station and in alignment with said openingfor retaining a stack of pieces of film in superposed relation,reciprocative means arranged below said mounting station and movablefrom a normal position in one direction to pass through said opening andsaid aperture .to engage the lowermost piece of film in said receptacleand in the other direction to withdraw the piece of film from saidreceptacle and posit-ion it in said aperture, means actuated by saidreciprocative means, upon movement in said other direction and aftersaid piece of film is positioned in said aperture, for movement from aninoperative position to a position in said mounting station and intocontact with the piece of film in said aperture for urging the piece offilm into intimate contact with said adhesive material, meansoperatively connected to said reciprocative means in said one and saidother directions, vacuum means connected to said reciprocative means andto said moving means, control means actuated by said reciprocative meansfor sequentially applying said vacuum means to said moving means toestablish the directions of movement and to said reciprocative means towithdraw the piece of film from said receptacle, and means responsive toa card positioned in said mounting station for initiating said controlmeans.

7. A device in accordance with claim 6 including means responsive to theabsence of a piece of film in said receptacle for inhibiting saidcontrol means.

8. A device in accordance with claim 6 wherein said means for movingsaid reciprocative means comprises a vacuum actuated piston operativelyconnected to a pivotally mounted rocker arm.

9. A device in accordance with claim 6 wherein said reciprocative meansincludes two aligned and abutting members and resilient means connectingsaid members for movement as a unit in the one direction and in theother direction until the piece of film is positioned in said apertureat which time one of said members supports said piece of film in saidaperture and the other member continues movement in the other directionagainst the action of said resilient means for actuating said urgingmeans, said resilient means returning said other member in said onedirection independently of said one member and into engagementtherewith.

10. A device in accordance with claim 6 wherein said urging meansincludes a pair of spaced rollers rotatably mounted on a pivotallymounted arm actuated by said reciprocative means.

11. A device in accordance with claim 6 wherein said control meansincludes a plurality of switches corresponding to the position of saidreciprocative means when immediately below said mounting station, theposition of said reciprocative means when engaging the lowermost pieceof film in said receptacle, and the position of said reciprocative meanswhen said urging means is in said mounting station and has moved overthe piece of film in said aperture, said switches being actuated by camscarried by said reciprocative moving means.

12. A device in accordance with claim 6 wherein said control meansincluding an electrical circuit comprising interlocking relays andcontrol valves interconnected with said vacuum means, said reciprocativemoving means and said reciprocative means.

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